The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see
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The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see resource for landlubbers and mariners alike.

Carol Gafford is a public librarian, family historian, amateur archivist and book savior. She is currently the youth services/outreach librarian at the Swansea Public Library and volunteers for several museum and historical societies including the Marine Museum at Fall River, the Swansea Historical Society and the Bristol Historical and Preservation society. She is the editor of Past Times, the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists and is always looking for a new project to take on.

Live Nation and Boston music promoter Don Law announced Friday morning that TD Garden will host an all star benefit conert May 30, for victims and their families from the Boston Marathon bombing.

The Boston and suburban area has already been seeing benefits for the victims and The One Fund Boston. T.T. the Bear's rock club in Cambridge may have been the first such music benefit, within days of the tragedy. And this Sunday afternoon, the C-Note in Hull is holding a benefit with multiple local acts. But Friday's press conference at the House of Blues, with New Kid on the Block and star of the tv series "Blue Bloods" Donnie Wahlberg on hand, was the long awaited announcement of the biggest one of all.

There are so many Boston-connected musical stars on the bill they listed them alphabetically, but we'll diverge from that a bit. The obvious headliners are Aerosmith, The J.Geils Band, NKOTB, and James Taylor. There are also solid Boston-area acts like Extreme, Godsmack, and the current edition of the band Boston. Beantown comedy is represented by national headliners Dane Cook and Steven Wright.

But one of the more gratifying aspects of this lineup is the performers from around the country who simply feel a special connection to the city. Country star Jason Aldean, who told us a few months ago the city has always been a hotbed of fan support for him (and whose Fenway Park concert this summer sold out in record time) will be coming to town. Jimmy Buffett has had a long history with Boston, where some of his most faithful fans reside, and where, back in his younger days, some even got to see him play the old Paul's Mall cellar club, which was located almost exactly where one of the bombs went off. And Carole King has had a long close friendship and frequent collaboration with Taylor, making her shows in the city a kind of homecoming too.

"Like so many other proud Bostonians who have been extremely generous, we are honored to step up and do our part to help the victims and their families," said Wahlberg. "Hopefully this event will raise not only money, but spirits as well."

Tickets go on sale Monday May 6 at 10 a.m., via the www.livenation.com website or www.ticketmaster.com, or through calling 1-800-745-3000, or at the TD Garden box office. In order to maximize the return for the charity, Ticketmaster is only offering paperless tickets, meaning fans would need to have photo ID and a credit card to get in, the night of the concert. More information about the concert itself can be found at www.aconcertforboston.org.